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The Toxic Touch of Beauty Products – 7 Chemicals to Avoid

Do you keep an eye an the ingredients in your beauty products? Well maybe it's time you did. Image via dreamglow pumpkincat210 Have you...

Zolaykha Sherzad Resurrects Traditional Afghan Crafts Via Modern Fashion Design

Zolaykha Sherzad revives Afghan artistic culture and trains women with her Zarif Design company in Kabul. Fashion can be environmentally friendly in a few ways. ...

Yael Uriely Shows Us That Good Things Come in Upcycled Shapes, Colors and Sizes

Yael Uriely's Dvarim Tovim (or "Good Things") fabric jewelry line is made of vintage and upcycled materials. Good things don't always come in shiny, new,...

Israeli Designer Yinnon Lehrer Encourages Urban Biking with Vertical Bike Racks

Yinnon Lehrer's urban long-term bike parking solution encourages more commuters to keep on pedaling. If you've ever thought about commuting to work everyday on your...

Join the Betacup Competition. Win $10,000 for Sustainable Coffee Cup Design

Betacup competition urges global participants to find a sustainable alternative to the wasteful, ubiquitous coffee cup. Even environmentalists with the best of intentions might...

Cygalle Shapiro Creates LED Lamp Powered Organically… By Tomatoes

Israel-based design team creates an LED lamp packed with Lycopene and powered completely by tomatoes.  Yum. When it comes to energy-saving and eco-friendly design, we've...

Bank Hapoalim Presents an Exhibition of 22 Futuristic Green Houses and 2 Green Mortgages

An Israeli bank tries to sell "green mortgages" with installation exhibit on busy boulevard. As part of their campaign to sell "green mortgages" (in other...

H&M Israel's CEO, Andrew Horesh, Speaks About Sustainable Clothing

H&M Israel's CEO talks about his motive for importing H&M's sustainable fashion line Thousands of Israelis have flocked to the newly opened H&M stores in...

Sakina Design Brings an Environmental Conscience to Contemporary Islamic Design

Islamic wall art and greeting cards, with religious intonations in line with green values in Islam. Sakina Design's logo is green not only because the...

PopLove Designs Brings Upcycled Eco Chic Fashion to Tel Aviv (and the Whole Wide World)

We've heard about H&M's imported influx of sustainable fashion, and now onto to local eco-friendly clothing design: PopLove Designs. A design label that produces men's...

Eco Underwear from Delta Galil

Slip on some sexy, comfy and green underwear, developed in the Middle East

You Call This Garbage? Hasadna Upcycled Design Workshop Doesn't.

Used ice-cream taster spoons turn into delightful eco-inspired lamp. It happened to me just the other night, when I was standing at the counter...

H&M Israel Brings Sustainable Fashion to the (Overwhelming) Masses

The thousands of Israelis crowding Azrieli Mall in Tel Aviv last week, anxiously waiting as early as 6am for a grand H&M opening that...

'Zendegi' in Neve Tzedek Offers Highest Quality Organic, Fair Trade Clothes

The first time I entered Zendegi, a natural and organic clothing shop in Tel Aviv's historic Neve Tzedek neighborhood, a particularly unique pair of...

9 Israeli Etsy Shops That Make Online Shopping Greener (and Funner)

Etsy, for those who don't yet know, is an online forum for handmade products.  The handmade revolution is green in and of itself, since...

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Who Owns the Farm Robot? A State of Jefferson Startup Takes on Carbon Robotics

In California's self-proclaimed State of Jefferson, a small agricultural technology company is challenging the dominant laser-weeding business model. Laudando & Associates believes farmers should own and repair their AI-powered weeding tools rather than pay ongoing subscription fees. The approach has put the company on a collision course with industry leader Carbon Robotics, sparking a patent dispute that has pushed the Jefferson startup toward overseas markets while raising broader questions about ownership, right-to-repair, and the future of farm automation.

Etihad offers free travel insurance to any visitor to the UAE

Talk about a way to woo your visitors. Etihad, the UAE's national carrier has decided to offer free travel insurance to visitors heading to the UAE.

Weston Higginbotham’s Funeral Set for June 17 as Family and Friends Honor Environmentalist

The family of environmentalist and eco-engineer in training, James "Weston" Higginbotham will gather with friends, classmates, and supporters on June 17 in Birmingham, Alabama, to celebrate the life of the Auburn University student whose death in a Kyoto forest in Japan touched people around the world.

Health Canada approves lab grown milk

Canada's approval of animal-free dairy proteins marks a milestone for precision fermentation and the growing alternative-protein industry. Will consumers embrace milk made without cows?

Before Funeral, Auburn University Creates Environmental Scholarship in Memory of Weston Higginbotham

The James "Weston" Higginbotham Endowed Scholarship will support Auburn students pursuing ecological engineering, ensuring that the work Weston cared about so deeply continues long after his passing.

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Who Owns the Farm Robot? A State of Jefferson Startup Takes on Carbon Robotics

In California's self-proclaimed State of Jefferson, a small agricultural technology company is challenging the dominant laser-weeding business model. Laudando & Associates believes farmers should own and repair their AI-powered weeding tools rather than pay ongoing subscription fees. The approach has put the company on a collision course with industry leader Carbon Robotics, sparking a patent dispute that has pushed the Jefferson startup toward overseas markets while raising broader questions about ownership, right-to-repair, and the future of farm automation.

Etihad offers free travel insurance to any visitor to the UAE

Talk about a way to woo your visitors. Etihad, the UAE's national carrier has decided to offer free travel insurance to visitors heading to the UAE.

Weston Higginbotham’s Funeral Set for June 17 as Family and Friends Honor Environmentalist

The family of environmentalist and eco-engineer in training, James "Weston" Higginbotham will gather with friends, classmates, and supporters on June 17 in Birmingham, Alabama, to celebrate the life of the Auburn University student whose death in a Kyoto forest in Japan touched people around the world.

Health Canada approves lab grown milk

Canada's approval of animal-free dairy proteins marks a milestone for precision fermentation and the growing alternative-protein industry. Will consumers embrace milk made without cows?

Before Funeral, Auburn University Creates Environmental Scholarship in Memory of Weston Higginbotham

The James "Weston" Higginbotham Endowed Scholarship will support Auburn students pursuing ecological engineering, ensuring that the work Weston cared about so deeply continues long after his passing.

Weston Higginbotham’s Family Declines to Release Cause of Death in Kyoto Forest

The family of Weston Higginbotham,an Auburn University student whose disappearance and death in the mountains near Kyoto, Japan, drew international attention, has declined to publicly release the cause of his death.

5 Reasons Why You Should Save Seeds (and plant them)

Saving seeds from tomatoes, peppers, herbs and flowers helps preserve biodiversity, strengthen food security, and keep heirloom varieties alive. Even a small balcony garden can make a difference.

Bricks and Minifigs, and the Future of Circular Play

A second-hand LEGO marketplace keeps plastic bricks circulating for years instead of ending up forgotten in basements or discarded in landfills. It gives children access to building materials at lower prices. It extends the lifespan of a product that was originally designed to last generations.
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